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LCTCS
SkillsUSA
Louisiana
2006 SkillsUSA Louisiana
SkillsUSA is:
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A partnership of students, teachers and
industry, working together to ensure America
has a skilled work force
Serves more than 286,000 student and
professional members in all 50 states in
4,700 high schools and two year colleges
nationwide. Members are enrolled in
technical, skilled and service occupations,
including health occupations
Leadership, citizenship, and character
development programs and activities
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SkillsUSA offers:
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Curriculum materials to help you integrate
professional training into your current program
• Professional Development Program Online
• Chapter Standards recognition
opportunities
• Student2Student mentoring
• Online Safety training
• $1 million in scholarships available through
the SkillsUSA Championships
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SkillsUSA offers:
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Curriculum materials to help you integrate
employability skills into your current program
• New College CSEP employability skills Career
Skills Education Program (College)
• CareerSafe
• Workplace Readiness
• Community Service
• Chapter Activities: Professional development
Employment, Social activities, Community service,
Ways and means, Public relations, SkillsUSA
Championships
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SkillsUSA helps you:
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Organize business and education
partnerships
• Over 1,500 corporations, trade
associations and unions are affiliated with
SkillsUSA at the national level
• Partnerships can mean program funding
• Partnerships keep you up to date
• Local programs benefit
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SkillsUSA Championships
Over $30 million in volunteer time and
equipment
 Over 2,000 volunteers
 84 contests
 4,850 contestants
 14,000 people attending
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SkillsUSA Championships
National Medalist
Medalist
Event
Name
Hometown
Gold
American Spirit
Team: Michelle Porter,
Brandy Beaubouef,
Kelly Campbell
LTC Sabine Valley
Campus Advisor
Eylda Thaxton
Gold
Food and Beverage Service
Rina Castillo
LTC Lafayette Campus
Advisor Jerry Sonier
Gold
Nurse Assisting
Aidesha Brown
LTC Evangeline Campus
Advisor Veronica Benoit,
Errol Solomon
Bronze
Medical Math
Johanna Degeyter
LTC Alexandria Campus
Advisor Kathy Kees
Bronze
Practical Nursing
Crystal Lanclos
LTC Lafayette Campus
Advisor Rose Isidore
Bronze
Preschool Teaching
Assistant
Ashley Armstead
LTC Tech Area Campus
Advisor Melissa Arnaud
Silver
Cabinetmaking
Everette Domangue
Terrebonne Vo-Tech High
School
Advisor Tommy Sledge
Bronze
Extemporaneous Speaking
Matthew Richard
Port Barre High School
Advisor Wayne Fruge’
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LCTCS and SkillsUSA?
Pertinent to Louisiana SkillsUSA and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
In the LCTCS board meeting of July 1999, the Academic Affairs Committee recognized by unanimous
resolution all Louisiana SkillsUSA members, both professional and students who achieved national
merit. In the address to the board regarding the program, Mr. Rabalais explained, "SkillsUSA is a
program that is responsive to business and industry by promoting occupational and leadership skills
and other assets such as employability skills in students in order for them to make a smooth transition
from school to the workplace."
NOTICE OF BOARD ACTION
During its meeting of February 9, 2000, the Louisiana Community and Technical College Board of Supervisors
unanimously voted to encourage LTC faculty participation in student organizations, conferences, and
activities, and to have Supervisor Jared Lord formulate a letter to the Directors of the LTC campuses
expressing the Board's support of the SkillsUSA program.
Dr. Jerry Pinsel, Interim Vice-President for Instruction, Learning and Inter-Institutional Cooperation
Dr. Wayne Brown, LCTCS President
ITEM F.2 PRESENTATION BY SUPERVISOR LORD ON SKILLS USA "BUILDING SKILLS FOR
AMERICA"
On motion of Supervisor Christopher, seconded by supervisor Trist, the committee of the Whole unanimously
voted to encourage LTC faculty participation in student organizations' conferences and activities and to
have Supervisor Lord formulate a letter to the Directors expressing the Board's support.
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SkillsUSA Membership
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High School
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College
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Alfred Bonnable High School
Bossier Technical School
Caddo Career Center
College Street T & I
Cuillier Career Center
Grace King High School
Port Barre High School
Terrebonne Vo-Tech High School
LTC-Lafourche Campus
W.D. Smith Career Center
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Acadian Campus
Alexandria Campus
Ascension Campus
Baton Rouge Campus
Charles B. Coriel Campus
Delgado Community College
Evangeline Campus
Gulf Area Campus
Lafayette Campus
Lafourche Campus
Mansfield Campus
Morgan Smith Campus
Natchitoches Campus
Northwest Campus
River Parishes Campus
Sabine Valley Campus
Shreveport-Bossier Campus
Southern University A Shreveport
T. H. Harris Campus
Tallulah Campus
Tech Area Campus
Young Memorial Campus
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Why SkillsUSA?
For the student:
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Gains self-esteem
Becomes a responsible citizen
Receives opportunities or jobs and contacts
Receives cutting-edge training
Is able to compete
Enjoys fun, travel, and excitement
Builds peer support network
Learns to be a professional worker
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Why SkillsUSA?
For the teacher:
Enrollment and Retention
 Cutting-edge training
 Professional curriculum
 Respect
 Student success
 Student pride
 SCANS standards
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SkillsUSA
as the tool for success
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students,
teachers and industry
 Working together to ensure that America
 Has a skilled work force
 We help each student excel
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Plans to better integrate SkillsUSA
as part of student life on campus
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Present SkillsUSA to Council on Student Body Presidents
meeting
LCTCS Conference Day Presentation – Student
Organizations Providing to Opportunity for Engagement
Invite Advisory Committee’s to participate in the SkillsUSA
Championships, and have a direct link to technical education
Increase linkages between secondary to postsecondary
institutions
For Colleges – increase business partnerships on campus
– assess employability skills development of students
– increase internship opportunities for students
– validate student performance to national industry standards
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SkillsUSA
STATE CONTACT
Larry Rabalais, SkillsUSA Louisiana
Director
 Phone: 225-922-1415
 E-Mail: [email protected]
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